Here's a helpful list of accommodations that can be used with an ELL student. I recommend that this be a paper on your desk that's within hand's reach!
(1) Allow extended time
(2) Work toward longer passages as skills in English increase
(3) Introduce key vocabulary before lesson
(4) Provide a copy of overhead notes for students
(5) Use visuals
(6) Write key words on board
(7) Provide highlighted text and/or key concepts
(8) Grade only what the student has completed, do not mark unanswered questions wrong
(9) Word process/type all handouts, test
(10) Divide and assign novels into chapters; two students teach the class
(11) Teacher reads aloud daily
(12) Provide peer tutoring
(13) Use a strong student as a "buddy" (does not have to speak the primary language)
(14) Check for comprehension often - 10 minute intervals
(15) Draw ESL students gradually into class discussions
(16) If identical exams are given to ESL students and traditional students, circle the key concept questions to answer. Do not penalize ESL students for incomplete exams.
(17) Work up to more difficult methods of testing following this pattern:
• True/false (keep it simple)
• Matching in groups of less than ten
• Multiple choice limited to two choices
• Fill-ins with a work bank with the same number of answers as choices
• Fill-ins
• Complete sentences
• Questions and answers
• Short paragraphs
• Essays
(18) Preview/Plan material ahead of time
(19) Have fluent/expressive reader put the text on tape
(20) Grade for content; overlook minor language usage mistakes especially if the meaning is there
Try these with a student one at a time until you see what works!
http://www.birdville.k12.tx.us/instruction/ss_web/special_services/images/esl/Instructional%20Accommodations%20and%20Strategies.pdf
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